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GEOTOUR & IRSE 2012
Fig. 3 Geographic view of Sobrance district, Source: www.cdb.sk
Within Końice self-governing region, this region belongs to the area, where the number of
inhabitants has increasing long-term nature. In Sobrance, development of the housing fund
and small and medium enterprises stagnates also activities within tourism are not yet
beneficial to the development. According the Programme of the economic and social
development of Sobrance district, decisive factor of regional economic prosperity with respect
to the natural attractiveness will be development of small and medium enterprises, agriculture,
services and tourism development. These activities are conditioned by building, or by
completing the technical infrastructure and support for rural recreation and tourism. (PHSR
Sobrance - Profil územia, 2006)
Sobrance district is the one of the districts with the highest unemployment. In 2011
unemployment increased up to 22,3 % (figure 4). Number of unemployed is increasing
because this district stagnates for a long term in business activities, investment incentives and
presentation of the area as the interesting area in tourism. (PHSR Sobrance - Profil územia,
2006)
Figure 5 shows the number of jobseekers in Sobrance district by age groups. The largest
group of jobseekers are inhabitants in the age of 35-49, which represents inhabitants in the
working age.
25
20
15
22,49
19,19
22,33
20,66 20,34
16,59 16,09
10
5
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Fig. 4 Registered unemployment rate
Source: Regdat SR, 2012
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